# Create a live countdown **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, python, scripting, perspective\ **Created:** [June 10, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-a-live-countdown/107251 "2025-06-10T19:27:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![ryan.white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan.white/32/73193_2.png) [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-a-live-countdown/107251/2 "2025-06-10T19:39:12Z")
> [@Creating a simple countdown timer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/creating-a-simple-countdown-timer/75038): > > Hi all. I'm currently trying to build a simple LED display count-down timer in perspective, that's formatted as HH:mm:ss. All I want it to do is reset to a specified time via a button and then proceed to infinitely countdown at an increment of 1 second till it reaches 0. It would be helpful if this could be done using the tag system so I can record the elapsed timestamp for a report later. Thank you, Cam --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/create-a-live-countdown/107251)._